Hospice Nurse Manager

                    

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Job Title

Hospice Nurse Manager

                        

Location

Independence

                    

Facility

Business Operations Center

                     

Department

Hc Hospice Office-Center for Connected Care

                      

Job Code

T98407

                     

Shift

Days

                       

Schedule

8:00am-5:00pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join the Cleveland Clinic team where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.   

The Nurse Manager – Hospice provides clinical, operational, and leadership oversight for hospice nursing services across Northeast Ohio, ensuring the delivery of compassionate, high-quality end-of-life care for patients and families. In this role, caregivers lead and support a team of hospice nurses and clinical staff, fostering a culture of engagement, professional development, and patient-centered care. Responsibilities include overseeing staffing and workforce planning, coaching and mentoring caregivers, monitoring quality outcomes, ensuring compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards, and driving performance improvement initiatives. The Nurse Manager collaborates closely with physicians, social workers, chaplains, and other interdisciplinary team members to coordinate care, support operational excellence, and enhance the patient and family experience. This position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact by leading a dedicated hospice team while advancing quality, caregiver satisfaction, and organizational goals within one of the nation's most respected healthcare systems.

A caregiver in this role will work Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm with a weekend rotation occurring every 6th weekend with after hours on-call.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Manage practice of professional nursing and delivery of nurse care on assigned department.
• Establish clinical direction for nursing care delivery, provides clinical supervision and maintains quality outcomes.
• Collaborate with liaison departments in maintaining patient care standards, identifies and resolves issues affecting the delivery patient care services.
• Develop quality initiatives and implements policies and procedures to insure efficient and effective delivery of health services.
• Develop and maintain patient care standards through continuous quality improvement.
• Maintain Joint Commission and other regulatory standards, including but not limited to, Medicare Conditions of Participation.
• Oversee documentation accuracy.
• Manage of operation of department.
• Analyze personnel structure, determines staffing needs and mix.
• Provide direction and supervision, evaluates performance, conducts selection and termination process, and develops strategic plans.
• Participate in the development of orientation program and holds all staff accountable for responsibilities as identified by their job description.
• Oversee orientation of new personnel.
• Hold staff accountable for completion of mandatory yearly requirements.
• Actively promotes staff and self-development
• Assist in the development and monitoring of budget.
• Participate in departmental committees/projects as appropriate.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Current licensure as a RN in the State of Ohio
• Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross
• Valid Ohio Driver’s license upon hire: per policy 8-175 thereafter
• Proof of automobile insurance coverage with $100,000/$300,000 coverage upon hire: per policy 8-175 thereafter
• Three years of recent nursing clinical experience to include at least one year of healthcare management experience

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Master’s Degree in Nursing
• Previous experience in home health or hospice setting

Physical Requirements

• Requires frequent data entry, sitting, standing and walking.
• Requires corrective vision and hearing to normal range.
• May require some exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids.
• Light Work – Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

                       

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

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